
Ramblings On My Mind – December 2020
Ramblings On My Mind - December 2020
Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President
Following a tradition that I have done for several years now, my column for December will give shout out to ten albums that have caught my attention the…

CBA Officer Election Results-2021 Service Term
Big Surprise! Actually a big thank you to all of you who voted!
Your Officers are:
President-Greg Johnson
Vice-President-Shelley Garrett
Secretary-Marie Walters
Membership SEcretary-Mike Todd

Live Christmas Streams from the Alberta Rose Theatre
Live Christmas Streams from the Alberta Rose Theatre
The holidays are upon us and even though we cannot celebrate in venues, the Alberta Rose Theatre will be presenting two Christmas shows through their streaming outlet. For two evenings of…

Looking to Get Lost
Looking to Get Lost
Adventures in Music and Writing
By Peter Guralnick
Review by Greg Johnson
Peter Guralnick is arguably one of the foremost musical historians and biographers of our time. His books on the lives of Sam Cooke, Sam…

Dudley Taft – Cosmic Radio
Dudley Taft
Cosmic Radio
American Blues Artist Group
Review by John Taylor
Finally. Something good has come of the COVID-19 catastrophe.
Though the damage the pandemic has done to the live music business is “a real blow to the solar plexis,”…

Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi
Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi
Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions
Hishouse Records
Review by John Taylor
Part memoir, part altar call, Danny Brooks and Lil’ Miss Debi’s “Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions” is…

Ron Thompson
Ron Thompson
From The Patio: Live At The Poor House Bistro, Vol. 1
Little Village Foundation
Review by Greg Johnson
Bay Area favorite, guitarist Ron Thompson, may have passed on earlier this year, but thanks to the folks at Little Village…

Cascade Blues Association/Artichoke Music Present Steve Cheseborough
Cascade Blues Association/Artichoke Music
Present Steve Cheseborough
Historian, musician, author. Steve Cheseborough wears many hats. A life-long student of the early blues and its progenitors have consumed his own passion for playing and…

Jody Carroll – World of Man Anthology
Jody Carroll
World of Man Anthology:
Volume One – Old Dogs
Volume Two – Lost in Time
Volume Three – Promise Land
Thahaylia Music
Review by Greg Johnson
Jody Carroll’s three-volume compilation, World of Man Anthology,…

Kirk Fletcher – My Blues Pathway
Kirk Fletcher
My Blues Pathway
Cleopatra Blues
Review by Greg Johnson
If you were to sit down and ask people about who they felt were the most impressive guitar players in the blues world today, you just might find a long list at hand.…